Christophe Pichaud on Microsoft Technologies - MVP Developer Technologies

About me
Software Developer | Technical Writer | C++ teacher | Microsoft MVP
Email: ChristophePichaud@hotmail.com | Twitter: @windowscpp

I am in the business of Microsoft technologies and products since 1994. I work with Visual C++ and Visual C# development tools.
I use Visual C++, Win32, COM, ATL and MFC.
I use Visual C#, .NET, Enterprise Library, Unity, ADO.NET and .NET Framework technologies.
I build softwares for customers. I am also a technical writer for french magazine Programmez and a C++ teacher.
I am MVP Developer Technologies.

What is my job ? I do Microsoft services and I am building softwares using C# and C++.
Audit / Architecture and Solution / Application Design / Development / Training
Application Architecture and Software Design need serious skills.
Microsoft Consulting Services
Following the Microsoft Consulting Services Guidelines (Battlecard), I deliver solutions with great results with a live experience.

Some C++ stuff: C++11 FAQ | The working draft of the C++ Language | Some C++ Posters
I have also included a link to download each of my C++ articles for french magazine Programmez... Check below.

My Technical Articles in french magazine Programmez

Download PDF => N°148 | N°149 | N°150 | N°156 | N°173 | N°174 | N°187 | N°188 | N°189 | N°190 | N°191 | N°194 | N°195 | N°199 | N°200 | N°202 N°211 | N°212 | N°213 | N°214 | N°215 | N°216 | N°217 | N°218 | N°220 | N°221 | N°222 | N°223 | N°224 | N°225 | N°226 | N°227

My next article will be published in March 2019 issue by French magazine Programmez:

Download my Article in Issue 227 March 2019
Download my Article in Issue 226 February 2019
Download my Article in Issue 225 January 2019
Download my Article in Issue 224 December 2018
Download my Article in Issue 223 November 2018
Download my Article in Issue 222 October 2018
Download my Article in Issue 221 September 2018
Download my Article in Issue 220 July-August 2018
Download my Article in Issue 218 May 2018
Download my Article in Issue 217 April 2018
Download my Article in Issue 216 March 2018
Download my Article in Issue 215 February 2018
Download my Article in Issue 214 January 2018
Download my Article in Issue 213 December 2017
Download my Article in Issue 212 November 2017
Download my Article in Issue 211 October 2017

My Application: Ultra Fluid Modeler
=> My application UltraFluid Modeler on GitHub | Download my application UltraFluid Modeler
Download the modeler12 data file | Download the infra5 data file

My Application: Visual Studio Demo
=> My application VSDemo Application on GitHub | Download my application VSDemo App
This application allows to build .NET C# console Appz with Roslyn compiler. To set project settings, make a right-click on the project item and select Properties in the popup menu...
To set references settings, make a right-click on the references item and select Properties in the popup menu...
To build the project, click on the build command on the toolbar...


The feature I love is OpenFolder. I'm using it to dog-food my development. I code C/C++ with it.

My library (BETA): OpenLDAP-LMDB for Windows
=> LMDBWindows on GitHub
Download the LMDB Windows DLL and console_app.Exe
Download the LMDB Windows DLL, the .NET WRapper DLL and console_app.Exe

Insert 1.000.000 rows in 2 seconds !

My Old Technical Articles in french magazine Programmez
Download PDF => N°148 | N°149 | N°150 | N°156 | N°173 | N°174 | N°187 | N°188 | N°189 | N°190 | N°191 | N°194 | N°195 | N°199 | N°200 | N°202 |
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Developer resources

Essentials Windows C++ Presentations Building Windows Runtime Components in C++ | Modern Native C++ Development for Maximum Productivity Modern Programming with C++0x in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 | Application Lifecycle Management Tools for C++ in Visual Studio 2012 ALM for C++ in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | Visual C++ and the Native Renaissance ALM for C++ in Visual Studio 2010 | C++11, VC++11, and Beyond (Not Your Father’s) C++ | Auto-Vectorization Lap around the Windows Runtime | Async Made Simple with C++ PPL | Using Windows Runtime With C++ | WRL What’s New in Visual Studio 2013 for C++ Developers | The future of C++ Using the Windows Runtime from C# and Visual Basic | Using Windows Runtime With C++ Bringing existing C++ code into Metro style apps From 4 to 40 inches Developing Windows Applications across Multiple Form-Factors | Using Visual Studio to build XAML universal apps C++11 Library Design | The Essence of C++ | Find Build Share Use One C++ | Compiler Confidential | Compiler++ | Don't Help The Compiler C++ Scenarios for C# Developers C++ in Windows Phone Apps | C++/CX Patterns for Performance Dr Dobb's This is a special Dr. Dobb's Tech Digest published on June 2014. The first article (written by me) discusses using C++ and COM with WinRT, particularly in the context of the world of Windows Store Apps. Download the June 2014 issue (PDF). Read the June 2014 issue with the Flash reader. Windows C++ WRL and C++ | WRL and Async with C++ | WRL and STL collections with C++ | WRL and Event with C++ WRL Sample for Vector and Async and Event | WRL Sample for Vector, Map, UnorderedMap and KeyValuePair Standard ISO C++ Overview of the C++ Standard Library (French traduction of Chapter 6 from A Tour of C++, Bjarne Stroustrup) The C++11 FAQ by Bjarne Stroustrup | ISO C++ committee's website Working Draft, Standard for Programming Language C++ (Book) My Technical Articles in French Magazine Programmez C++ the basic facts | C++ the classes | C++ The templates | The Standard Template Library aka STL | Boost.Serialization WinRT with C++ and WRL | C++11 | Command line compiler | Beginning with Visual C++ A multi-thread bug |Various multi-threaded bugs Native development with C++ | Concurrency runtime and C++ Programming the Windows Ribbon | Using WRL with WinRT in C++ Programming a C# Grid like Excel | Lambdas with C++ | Debugging on Windows Why C++ in 2017 ? | Web API with C++ | An IDE with C++ and MFC | Inside std::shared_ptr Object Oriented Programming with C++ Download PDF => N°148 | N°149 | N°150 | N°156 | N°173 | N°174 | N°187 | N°188 N°189 | N°190 | N°191 | N°194 | N°195 | N°199 | N°200 | N°202 | N°211 | N°212 | N°213 | N°214 | N°215 | N°216 | N°217 | N°218 | N°220 | N°221 | N°222 | N°223 My Chronicles in French Journal du Net (JDN) How to develop applications on Windows 10 | The client-server model by Microsoft (WCF) Inside COM+ Base Services (French traduction) Apartments | Threads | Apartments types | Threading for In-Proc components | Apartment and languages Inside SQL Server (French traduction) SQL Engine | Memory Manager | Transaction Log | SQL Server Kernel and Windows System Databases and Files | Special Databases | Database Files | Database Creation Extend and Skrinking | Database Skrink | File Groups | Alter Database Database Internals | Database Options | Other Options Tables | Table Creation

Microsoft TechDays 2014 Follow me at Microsoft TechDays 2014 in Paris for a session about Best Practices with C++ 11. Watch the video of the session (YouTube). Slides from my TechDays sessions TechDays 2011 | TechDays 2012 | TechDays 2013 | TechDays 2014 Channel9 videos C++ Renaissance | PPL Tasks | Back with ATL | C++/CX Episode Bjarne Stroustrup on C++11 Style | Herb Sutter on C++11 Bjarne Stroustrup on The Essence of C++ | Herb Sutter on One C++ The Windows Runtime | Windows Runtime Internals C++ books The C++ Programming Language | C++ Primer The C++ Standard Library | A Tour Of C++ Microsoft Events Going Native | Going Native 2012 | Going Native 2013 BUILD 2011 | BUILD 2012 | BUILD 2013 | BUILD 2014 TechED 2013 US | TechED 2013 Europe | TechED 2013 Australia C++ Posters Downloads